Man told officers: That pot plant isn't mine, I'm just watering it for a dead friend

November 11, 2012|By Barbara Hijek, FloriDUH

Officers from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission went to the Gainesville home of Perry Trenka, 51, after getting an anonymous tip claiming that the 51-year-old man had been killing gators, reports The Gainesville Sun.

After Trenka invited the officers onto his property without a warrant, they found two gator hides, one nailed to a board in his machine shop, some gator meat in his fridge and a cannabis plant, according to the FWC.

Trenka then chose to blow a little smoke, allegedly telling the officers the marijuana plant was not his -- he had just been watering it for a friend who died several months ago.